Scott Caan bags Shia LaBeouf's vacated role in 'Rock the Kasbah'

Shia LaBeouf at the Berlin International Film Festival. (Johannes Eisele/AFP/Getty Images)

Oliver Gettell

Shia LaBeouf may be taking his whole "I am not famous anymore" thing seriously.

The unpredictable actor, who has recently attempted to distance himself from his own celebrity, has exited the upcoming Bill Murray comedy "Rock the Kasbah," to be replaced by Scott Caan, according to the Hollywood Reporter.

LaBeouf, 27, departed the film under "amicable" but undisclosed circumstances, THR said.

Directed by Barry Levinson from a script by Mitch Glazer, "Rock the Kasbah" stars Murray as a washed-up rock manager who takes his last remaining client on a USO tour of Afghanistan, only to find himself abandoned, broke and without a passport in war-torn Kabul. He then discovers a young girl with an exceptional voice and shepherds her through "Afghan Star," the local equivalent of "American Idol."

Caan, taking over for LaBeouf, will play an arms-dealing con man who works with his partner (Danny McBride) to swindle Murray's character.